Chippenham man jailed for fraud offences
He took around £71,000 in assets that were jointly owned with his partner.
Last updated 18th Oct 2024
A man from Chippenham has been sentenced to more than five years' in prison for fraud offences.
33 year-old Oliver Cooper previously of Assart Way, Chippenham, appeared in Swindon Crown Court today after previously pleading guilty back in May 2023.
It's after Cooper took around £71,000 in assets that were jointly owned with his partner - after they separated in May 2022.
Acting Detective Sergeant Martyn Powell from the South Volume Crime Team said: “Financial abuse is a form of domestic violence and is used to help the perpetrators control and manipulate the victim, leaving them unable to move on, to escape the abuse or at risk of other types of control.
“The police are fully equipped to investigate and identify methods of financial abuse and I hope that the sentence today gives courage to urge all victims of domestic violence, no matter the form it comes in, to come forward and seek support from us.”